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I hate these groupings because, aside from the generalizations, I was born in 1984 and my label seems to straddle GenX and Millenials depending on the author.
by Herodotus38 4y ago
I hate these groupings because, aside from the generalizations, I was born in 1984 and my label seems to straddle GenX and Millenials depending on the author. My parents had me when they were ~22 and so they also straddle the boomer/genX labels.
Edit: And to take it a step further, my granparents were kids during WWII, both grandpas were in the armed services right after the Korean War. It’s like my entire family exists in the interludes between the “main plotline”.
- wingmanjd 4y agoAs someone very close to that age as well, I enjoy it because whenever something bad comes up in one category, I just say I'm more like the other one. "I am playing both sides so I always come out on top." - Mac
- runlevel1 4y agoSame on all accounts except only one grandpa was in the Korean war. We're pretty squarely in the millennial cohort, which is largely defined by the major world events during our formative years that straddled the turn of the millennium. Assuming you're in the US: We were kids at the tail end of the cold war. We were in our early teens during the unfettered optimism of the late 90s, when the internet revolution was really kicking off. We became adults right after the turn of the new millennium, in the wake of 9/11, between two recessions. The world changed a lot in that timespan and we're defined by our having experienced it during our late childhood and early adulthood.